Last Tuesday, the day before President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs were set to be imposed, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked by a reporter about the possibility of last-minute changes to those import taxes. “The president was asked and answered this yesterday,” Leavitt responded. “He is not considering an extension or a […]
A recently introduced Colorado bill seeks to require judges to consider “misgendering” as a form of “coercive control” during child custody disputes. If passed, the bill would pose a major threat to parents’ First Amendment rights and prevent judges from considering the individual circumstances surrounding family conflict over a child’s gender identity. The bill, the […]
“This study…does NOT show that smartphones are beneficial to children,” Jonathan Haidt told me on X last week. He was responding—in a somewhat baffling way—to my post about a new survey of 11- to 13-year-olds in Florida. Baffling, because I did not write—not on X, and not in my Sex & Tech newsletter about the […]
Today’s guest is Harvard economist Jason Furman, who was one of former President Barack Obama’s chief economic advisers and an architect of the Affordable Care Act. These days, he’s in the news for his withering critique of former President Joe Biden’s dismal economic record and two-fisted attacks on President Donald Trump’s trade policy. We talk about Furman’s defense […]
Legislators love misnomers. The USA PATRIOT Act “increased patriotism” by reducing domestic freedoms. The Inflation Reduction Act increased inflation before our eyes. And since its introduction in 1980, the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) has dramatically increased the amount and complexity of government paperwork. The PRA was last updated in 1995. Websites back then were extremely […]
Hayek’s Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right, by Quinn Slobodian, Zone Books, 272 pages, $29.95 Quinn Slobodian, a historian at Boston University, has convinced himself that Trumpism traces its intellectual origins to the Austrian economists Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig von Mises. He first postulated his Austrianism-to-Trumpism thesis in a pair […]
“To date nothing has been done,” federal Judge Paula Xinis told a lawyer with the Department of Justice (DOJ), rebuking them, referring to the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case. “Nothing.” The Supreme Court issued an unsigned decision this past Thursday instructing the Trump administration to facilitate the Salvadoran man’s return to the United States. “The order properly […]
The weekend’s apparent attempted murder over the weekend of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro with an arson attack is, unfortunately, only part of the wave of political violence sweeping over the country. Recent months have seen assassinations and attempted killings, attacks on political headquarters, arson against Tesla cars and dealers, and other acts that make it […]
4/16/1962: Justice Byron White takes oath. Justice Byron White The post Today in Supreme Court History: April 16, 1962 appeared first on Reason.com. Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to destination for libertarians seeking cogent analysis, investigative reporting, and thought-provoking commentary. Championing the principles of individual freedom, limited government, […]
George Freeman, a Conservative Party member of the British Parliament, says the United Kingdom should become a global leader in regulating space activities, acting like a “watchdog” for satellite lau Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to destination for libertarians seeking cogent analysis, investigative reporting, and thought-provoking commentary. Championing […]